Property tax in Elko County, Nevada

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Elko County, Nevada is $1,492 a year, which is about 0.5% of the county's median home value of $301,400. That effective rate is about the same as the typical Nevada county (0.5%) and lower than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Elko County

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Elko County's average effective rate of 0.5% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Home market value

Estimated property tax: $1,507 / year

Property tax in Elko County at a glance

Elko County, Nevada property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$1,492
Median home value	$301,400
Effective tax rate	0.5%
Typical Nevada county rate	0.5%
National median county rate	0.81%

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Elko County compare in Nevada?

Among Nevada's 17 counties, Elko County has the 9th highest effective property-tax rate: 8 rank higher and 8 rank lower. That is near the middle for Nevada. Nationally, it ranks 2637th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Nevada county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Elko County actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Elko County's 14,004 owner-occupied homes, 14.8% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 30.5% pay at least $2,000, and 22% pay under $800. Another 10.4% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Elko County homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	3,078	22%
$800 to $1,499	3,230	23.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	1,967	14%
$2,000 to $2,999	2,200	15.7%
$3,000 or more	2,071	14.8%
No property tax paid	1,458	10.4%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $1,725 and owners without one pay $1,143. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.

How does the Elko County property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $1,492 is about 1.5% of the median income of Elko County homeowner households, $100,315 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 71.4% of Elko County's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Elko County?

Yes. The median bill went from $1,229 in 2015-2019 to $1,492 in 2020-2024, a 21.4% rise. Over the same span the median home value moved 41.8%, from $212,500 to $301,400. Bills rose more slowly than values, which is what assessment caps and falling millage rates do: the county is taxing a smaller share of each home's worth.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Elko County

Elko County borders 9 counties, 5 of them across the state line.

Elko County and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Lander County, NV	0.64%	$1,366	$213,800
Eureka County, NV	0.62%	$511	$82,600
Twin Falls County, ID	0.61%	$2,066	$337,900
Tooele County, UT	0.57%	$2,460	$431,600
White Pine County, NV	0.51%	$1,111	$220,000
Elko County, NV (this county)	0.5%	$1,492	$301,400
Humboldt County, NV	0.49%	$1,372	$278,300
Box Elder County, UT	0.49%	$1,966	$403,600
Cassia County, ID	0.41%	$1,166	$284,600
Owyhee County, ID	0.4%	$1,432	$359,800

How is a home assessed in Elko County?

Nevada assesses homes at 35% of market value in every county, Elko County included. How Nevada assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Elko County?

Not as an exemption. Nevada's residential partial abatement limits the yearly increase in the bill on an owner-occupied single-family home to 3%. That is the Nevada rule, and it applies in Elko County. Nevada's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Elko County?

The full year's tax is due on the third Monday of August. If the tax on the parcel is more than $100 you may instead pay in four roughly equal installments, due the third Monday of August, the first Monday of October, the first Monday of January and the first Monday of March. Each has a 10 day grace period, after which penalties start at 4% of the late installment and rise to 7% of the whole year once all four have been missed.

Nevada splits the bill into 4 installments. That is the Nevada rule. Elko County issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Elko County property assessment

You contest the assessed value with the County Board of Equalization, then the State Board of Equalization. The filing deadline is typically January 15 of the fiscal year in which the assessment was made. That is the Nevada rule; Elko County sets the exact dates and forms. The Nevada appeal process step by step.

Nevada rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Nevada page.

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Elko County, Nevada: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.